Bethany College Students, Faculty Prepare for Trip to Amazon Jungle
BETHANY -- The trip is being supported by a $5,000 mini-grant awarded by the Appalachian College Association and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.According to a press release, the group will stay at Tahuayo Lodge, located four hours by speed boat, or 90 miles, upriver from Iquitos, Peru. During the College’s Thanksgiving Break, trip participants will evaluate the suitability of the remote jungle site for the development of a possible travel abroad course, Ecology of the Amazon, to be offered by the College.
Burns said, “The students will write an extensive report critiquing all aspects of their experience, such as the preparation needed for traveling to the Peruvian Amazon, how students cope with living in primitive conditions, the selection of the best study topics, and the planning and logistics of particular daily field trips to be built into the course.”
There are 599 known species of birds in the preserve. Animals include jaguars, tapirs, the rare red uakari monkey, pygmy marmosets, kinkajous, two- and three-toed sloths, anteaters, pink dolphins, anacondas, caiman crocodiles, parrots, toucans, hoatzins, poison dart frogs, piranhas, termites, army ants, and countless butterflies.
The press release adds that the activities that will be experienced and evaluated for possible inclusion in the course include selecting lecture topics and laboratory dissections and experiments; visiting a native elementary school; hiking to find medicinal plants; visiting a native shaman; canoeing in wildlife-rich interior lakes called cochas; fishing for piranhas; checking automatic cameras for pictures of jaguars and other wildlife; canoeing and hiking at night to observe nocturnal species; and braving the forest canopy ziplines.
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Animals include jaguars, tapirs, the rare red uakari monkey, pygmy marmosets, kinkajous, two- and three-toed sloths, anteaters, pink dolphins, anacondas, caiman crocodiles, parrots, toucans, hoatzins, poison dart frogs, piranhas, termites, army ants,
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The pygmy marmoset uses special types of communication to give alerts and warning to its family members. These include chemical, vocal, and physical types of communication. A trill is used to communicate over long distance. A sharp warning whistle and a clicking sound signal danger to their family members. A J-call is a series of fast notes repeated by the caller and is used at medium distances.
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